United Fire & Casualty Co. v. Kleppe

Gayle Kleppe and Beau Wold (collectively Kleppe) seek review of a court of appeals' decision which held that the Kleppe's monetary recovery from their uninsured motorist (UM) coverage could be reduced by sums paid or payable to the Kleppes from Gayle Kleppe's employer's worker's compensation carrier. The United Fire and Casualty Company's (UF& C's) insurance policy issued to Kleppe contained a reducing clause to this effect which the company sought to enforce. Kleppe argues that this court's prior case law mandates that clauses seeking to reduce compensation available to an insured under a UM…